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…ure (#290)

Fixes #291

After updating from Visual Studio 17.4 to 17.5, a large number of
linker failures began to appear in several modules because `memset`
is an unresolved symbol.

It was found that the following functions in BaseMemoryLib/MemLibGeneric.c
were having their loop pattern replaced with the `memset` intrinsic
function:

- `InternalMemSetMem16()`
- `InternalMemSetMem32()`
- `InternalMemSetMem64()`

An example of an error related to `InternalMemSetMem64()` in
VariableSmmRuntimeDxe is shown below:

```
INFO - BaseMemoryLib.lib(MemLibGeneric.obj) : error LNK2001:
         unresolved external symbol memset
INFO - <...>\VariableSmmRuntimeDxe.dll : fatal error LNK1120:
         1 unresolved externals
```

This was reproduced in several environments including:

- Public VM image:
  https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20230226.1/images/win/Windows2022-Readme.md

- Locally when updating from 17.4.4 to 17.5.1

> Note: The previous public VM image (with 17.4) did not have this issue
  https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20230219.1/images/win/Windows2022-Readme.md

This change updates the type cast for the destination buffer to be
a pointer to `volatile` data to prevent this optimization and introduce
a minimum delta to prior implementation.

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Built several times with and without the change on Visual Studio 17.5.1
locally and on CI agents.

Include this change if building with the 17.5.1. It is currently the latest
release in most recent Windows VM images.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki@microsoft.com>
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makubacki authored and Javagedes committed Aug 18, 2023
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12 changes: 9 additions & 3 deletions MdePkg/Library/BaseMemoryLib/MemLibGeneric.c
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Expand Up @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ InternalMemSetMem16 (
)
{
for ( ; Length != 0; Length--) {
((UINT16 *)Buffer)[Length - 1] = Value;
// MU_CHANGE use a pointer to volatile data to prevent Visual Studio 17.5 (VS2022)
// from replacing the assignment with a `memset()` intrinsic
((volatile UINT16 *)Buffer)[Length - 1] = Value;
}

return Buffer;
Expand All @@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ InternalMemSetMem32 (
)
{
for ( ; Length != 0; Length--) {
((UINT32 *)Buffer)[Length - 1] = Value;
// MU_CHANGE use a pointer to volatile data to prevent Visual Studio 17.5 (VS2022)
// from replacing the assignment with a `memset()` intrinsic
((volatile UINT32 *)Buffer)[Length - 1] = Value;
}

return Buffer;
Expand All @@ -82,7 +86,9 @@ InternalMemSetMem64 (
)
{
for ( ; Length != 0; Length--) {
((UINT64 *)Buffer)[Length - 1] = Value;
// MU_CHANGE use a pointer to volatile data to prevent Visual Studio 17.5 (VS2022)
// from replacing the assignment with a `memset()` intrinsic
((volatile UINT64 *)Buffer)[Length - 1] = Value;
}

return Buffer;
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